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Drew Endy at Long Now Foundation Event, November 2008

Monday, January 19, 2009

The spiritual father of synthetic biology, Drew Endy, explaining the basic concepts at Long Now Foundation event, via Wired News.

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iGem on Lehrer News Hour; Sloan Foundation Grants to Study SynBio “Societal Issues”

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Just found video of the segment on synthetic biology and iGem.

Also, from the website of Medical Technology Business Technology Europe, news that the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is launching an initiative to study the societal issues associated with synthetic biology, now that the focus is shifting from merely reading the genetic code to writing it. [...]

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iGEM 2008 Winners

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Results are in. Go, Slovenia!
Here’s a good early piece on the subject of synthetic biology and MIT’s resident former MIT, now Stanford-based synbio guru Drew Endy, a pioneer in the field. And a followup story, from earlier this year.

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iGEM 2008 at MIT

Sunday, November 9, 2008

I spent an eye-opening day at MIT on Saturday, attending the iGEM Jamboree, a competition for undergrads from schools around the world who are working in the emerging field of synthetic biology. I don’t pretend to be an expert AT ALL on this, but I am blown away by what these kids are doing — [...]

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